Energy From Another Backyard

Canada Takes On Projects
Unpopular With Americans

The oil and natural-gas industry is increasingly looking to Canada as a home for big energy projects Americans don't want in their backyards.

A patch of coniferous forest near here, on Canada's Atlantic coastline, represents both the promise and the challenges of that approach. The land, owned by closely held Canadian energy company Irving Oil, is earmarked for the possible construction of a...